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Super Bull, Prize Dahlias, Pork Queen & More at the Iowa State Fair

[By Marcia Milner-Brage in Des Moines, Iowa]
 Dream-on is the Super Bull at the Iowa State Fair this year. He was awarded this honor by weighing in at 3050 pounds. He’s a Simmi/Angus, raised on the Brandt Farm in Corning, Iowa. I joined the constant stream of fair goers at the Cattle Barn to gaze upon his massive bovine grandeur and calm.

I’ve recently started drawing on my iPad, using the Procreate app. Until my two-day outing to the Fair, I’d dabbled in protected situations: inside my air conditioned home, seated at a table, with no other people except my husband in the house. Here at the Fair, it was challenging to draw out in the field, on site: either standing up or perched on bleachers, in the glaring sun with 95F degree temperatures, in dusty livestock barns and arenas, surrounded by crowds of people. On the first day, I struggled to get the Apple Pencil to do what I wanted. So frustrated with the lack of results, for the second day I considered defaulting to my tried and true pocket size Moleskine and 5B pencil, but with my husband’s encouragement and a few tweaks to Apple Pencil responsiveness, I persevered. On the second day, I started having fun drawing on my iPad.

There are rows and rows of long tables covered with categorized entries at the huge Agriculture Building. From hay bales to cabbages, from apples to sunflowers, from dried beans to flower arrangements. If Iowans have cultivated it this growing season, it's here to be shown, judged and lauded. Each variety of crop, flower or fruit is judged separately. Above, first, second and third place (left to right) Cafe au Lait Dahlias.

Hard to believe, but it’s true, hundreds of people vied to get a seat in the midday sun at the Susan Knapp Amphitheater to watch the 32nd annual Grocery Bagging Contest. Judged for speed, appropriate packing technique and personal appearance, the contestants had come from grocery stores across the state, from small, medium and large towns. The audience watched two finalists at a time. The emcee interviewed each contestant after they had packed.

Emcee: “How do you think you did?”
Contestant: “Pretty good. I didn’t drop the eggs.”

Emcee: “Justin, I see that you were a high school wrestler.”
Contestant: “Yup.”
Emcee: “What do you think your most notable accomplishment is so far?”
Contestant: “I haven’t lost all my teeth yet”. He then dropped his top false teeth to his tongue and showed the Emcee.

Emcee: “How did you prepare for this contest?”
Contestant: “Since April, my nine-year-old daughter has been coaching me. She timed me and told me if I just concentrated I could do better.”
Emcee: “Is she here today?”
Contestant: [pointing to the second row where everyone was wearing the same T-shirt that said Team Kevin] “There she is with everyone else in my family.” [They all wave and let out a hoot.]

The 2018 Pork Queen is Jordan Travis from Altoona, Iowa. She is majoring in Animal Science at Iowa State University and hopes to have a career in human resource management for a large swine company. She’s in the right place for such a career choice: There are more hogs than people in Iowa. And Iowa is the largest producer of hogs in the United States. Travis was present at the Big Boar competition at the Swine Barn. Pictured is not the winning boar. The winner was Itty Bitty, weighing in at 1163 pounds, beating out the next largest boar, Yo-Yo, by only two pounds. Itty Bitty eats 16 pounds of corn a day. Other boar contestants shun corn and prefer boxes of doughnuts and Oreo cookies.

Besides Turkey Calling there’s Rooster Calling, Duck Calling, Husband Calling, and Chicken Calling. We happened into the Turkey Calling Contest at Pioneer Hall. It was off to a slow start. The emcee announced that they were low on contestants (only one person had signed up) and that the judges hadn’t showed up yet. We all waited patiently (more or less) and with good humor like this man sitting diagonally from me. Finally, some more contestants were recruited and one judge showed up.

The covered, outdoor horse arena is on the outer edge of the fairgrounds. Woods and parking lots filled with animal trailers are beyond. We arrived in-between competitions. The horse in the foreground was waiting to be hitched up for the Farm Team Competition.

This year at the Iowa State Fair I wasn’t just an enthusiastic fair goer, but a participant in one of the competitions. One of my drawings was accepted to be shown in the Fine Arts Exhibit. And it won an Honorable Mention! Above: Cottonwoods on a Sunny Day and a photo of it on the wall at the Fair.

At the 2016 Iowa State Fair we went for one whole day. Here’s my 2016 State Fair blog post: Longest Beard. Fattest Boar. Biggest Tomato. This year we went for two days. Because of my beginners status on the iPad, I didn’t do as many drawings as I would have liked. Next year, we’ll go for three days.

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